Fourth of July Picnic in the Black Hills Draws Two Hundred
The Cheyenne crowd of about two hundred traveled by train to a Black Hills outing Saturday. The day featured prayers, speeches by officials, music from Fort Hall’s band, and a view from Grant's Lift. The group enjoyed dinner in Dale Creek valley and returned to Cheyenne by seven p.m. praise is given to railroad agent Hecker and conductor Congdon for their care and comfort.
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Black Hills
America
Black Hill
Cheyenne
Sherman
Red Rocks
Grant
Hecker
Gage
Miller
Dale Creek
Han Ete
J. P. Congdon
General Items From the Era Including Rail, Finance and Inventions
San Francisco plans to build a ship to rival the Great Eastern. New England Paper Pulp Co will spend 40000 on a mill at Bellows Falls VI. Freedmen’s Savings Bank in Washington holds 1200000 in deposits belonging to colored people. Union Pacific cars value for three months ending April 30 1869 reported to the Internal Revenue Assessor as 896437. A London mechanic claims a registered ballot box will stop stuffing ballots. Newport Rhode Island receives an order from Paris for a furnace to warm a church in Japan. Victor Emanuel’s Naples arrival met with hisses and groans. Shermantown claims credit for earliest white Pine boy, school and pawnbroking establishment. The Pay Nothings are described as prosperous in California. Password Lend Mendal response Broke. Horace Greeley reportedly owns one umbrella forty-two years. Bootblacks strike for higher wages in a Pennsylvania town and oppose new apprentices. Brick Pomeroy lost 100000 in the New York Democratic party and vows to reinvest and work on a railroad. Union Pacific bridge over the Missouri will cost 2000000 on eleven piers. A cheese making process from boiling seeds with plaster of Paris yields a curd aged to resemble fine cheese. in China called Ta-foo from pindara with condiments.
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Freedman's Savings’ Bank
Washington
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Assessor of Internal Revenue
Newport
R.I
Paris
Japan
Victor Emanuel
Naples
Shermantown
White Pine
California
Horace Greeley
Pennsylvania
Brick Pomeroy
New York Democrat
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Cuba news and political notes amid a hot July day
A telegraphic column reports on Mrs Powell denying a published claim of a home paper and a missing letter. It notes arrests for slander in New York and various naval and political items including bond purchases, prison releases, and official appointments.
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Powell
Cuba
Indian Department Funds Appropriations Act for 1870 Expenditures
The act authorizes appropriations for the Indian Department for the current and contingent expenses, including pay for eleven superintendents and fifty-nine agents, and various incidental expenses across Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Washington Utah and California. It covers subsistence, goods, tools, schools, personnel, transportation, and specific regional allocations, plus funds for removal and relief of Indians, interest on bonds, and rescue and legal costs.
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Indian Department
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Indian Affairs
Idaho Territory
Indian Service
Secretary of the Interior
D. W. Ballard
Montana Territory
Montanae Territory
New Mexico
Vuregon
Washington Territory
Oregon
Utah Territory
Utah
Cherokee School Fund
Cherokee National Fund
Minnesota
Michigan
United States
Forth Carolina
Scandal at Ridgfield: rock cutting explosive charge report
A rugged incident near the Ridgfield Branch Railroad Connecticut involved a scam and a large blast. Forty two kegs of powder and nitroglycerine caused an explosion that shook Ridgefield and displaced earth valued at about 2000. A bizarre note targets a local printer named Dough in a Klu Klux style mention.
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Ridgfield
Connecticut
Ridgefield
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Seventeenth Street
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Eddy Street
Geo, H. Russell
Old City Hall
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Evening Star
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